# 40m² Resin Driveway Cost (UK 2026): £1,600 – £4,800

> What a 40m² resin driveway costs in the UK — £1,600 to £4,800 on published cost-guide rates, with the figures each guide gives for this size.

Source: https://resindrivewayprices.co.uk/40m2-resin-driveway-cost/

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A 40m² resin driveway (one car with turning room, or two nose to tail) costs £1,600 to £4,800 on published UK cost-guide rates.

Typical shape: about 5m wide by 8m deep — a standard semi-detached frontage.

## Why this size, specifically

Nobody publishes a 40m² figure, so this page brackets it: it sits between MyJobQuote's 30m² band and MyBuilder's 60m² band, and the range here is the published per-m² rates for the medium band multiplied out. Treat it as an interpolation, not a quoted price.

## What the guides publish for this size
- **MyJobQuote** — £1,800 – £3,000 (stated total for 30m², the nearest size band published)
- **MyBuilder** — £2,400 – £4,200 (stated total for 60m², the nearest size band published)

## The size where the quotes start to spread

At 40m² a 20 to 30 per cent spread between installers — which is what MyBuilder says to expect for the same job in the same area — is £500 to £1,000 of real money. This is the first size where getting three quotes clearly pays for the afternoon it takes.

## Two days, not one

MyJobQuote puts a 30m² install at about two days, and larger drives at two to three. A 40m² job is realistically a two-day job, which means the weather window matters: resin must not be rained on before it sets.

## Edging is a bigger line than people expect

A 40m² drive open on three sides needs something like 15 to 20 metres of edging. At the published £15 to £40 per linear metre that is £225 to £800 — on its own, more than the difference between a mid-range and a premium aggregate.

## Groundwork and extras

These are the lines that decide whether a resin drive costs £2,000 or £6,000. Only MyBuilder itemises them; the other guides fold them into the per-m² rate or leave them out entirely.

| Item | Published cost | Source | What drives it |

| --- | --- | --- | --- |

| Excavate and remove the existing surface | £10 – £20 per m² | MyBuilder | Varies with site conditions and how easily a machine and a grab lorry can reach the drive. |

| New Type 1 MOT sub-base | £15 – £30 per m² | MyBuilder | Needed whenever the existing base is broken up, or there was never one. Resin laid on a bad base fails at the edges first. |

| Removing an existing resin driveway | £800 – £1,800 whole job | MyJobQuote | Quoted as a whole-job figure rather than per m². |

| Edging or borders | £15 – £40 per linear metre | MyBuilder | Resin bound has to be laid up to a firm edge. With walls or an existing kerb you may need none of this; an open drive needs it all the way round. |

| Drainage improvement | £300 – £1,000 whole job | MyBuilder | Only needed where the ground does not take water away on its own. |

| Soakaway installation | £660 – £1,200 whole job | MyJobQuote | MyJobQuote puts a typical soakaway at around £850, smaller systems from £660 and larger ones at £1,000–£1,200. HomeHow gives £700–£1,000 for the same job. Most likely on clay ground, or when laying over a non-permeable base. |

| Dropped kerb | £370 – £2,000 whole job | HomeHow | The widest disagreement of any figure on this site. HomeHow says the work starts from £300 plus a £70–£100 council application; MyJobQuote puts the average at around £2,000. It is council-dependent, and it is a separate job from the driveway. |